Some investigators suspect the attacks were part of a sweeping campaign to create a database on Americans that could be used to obtain commercial and government secrets.
Although most of the data breaches in the news involve large companies, individualsespecially those who operate small businessesare at risk of having their personal information hacked. Here are five tips to prevent significant losses.
More federal personnel records have been hacked than previously reported and U.S. officials are weighing responses ranging from new counterintelligence initiatives to destroying the data in the intruders servers, according to people briefed on the investigation.
U.S. Senate Democrats blocked a proposal to shield companies from lawsuits when they share cyber-attack information with each other and federal agencies.